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Northeast Cold Snap Gives Way to January Thaw

PORTLAND, Maine - The cold weather that started the week in the Northeast has given way to warmer temperatures - a so-called January thaw.

National Weather Service meteorologist Tom Hawley says there's usually a time during the month that temperatures go above freezing and stay there for a couple of days.

"Usually at some point during the wintertime the jet stream retreats and allows some warmer air to come into the Northeast," Hawley says.

Hawley says temperatures will be mild today and tomorrow, a bit cooler on Friday - and back to reality on Saturday.

The record-high temperature for this date in Portland is 54 degrees, set in 1983.
 

Ed is a Maine native who spent his early childhood in Livermore Falls before moving to Farmington. He graduated from Mount Blue High School in 1970 before going to the University of Maine at Orono where he received his BA in speech in 1974 with a broadcast concentration. It was during that time that he first became involved with public broadcasting. He served as an intern for what was then called MPBN TV and also did volunteer work for MPBN Radio.